A computational chemist at Washington State University has adapted Google's seminal search algorithm, PageRank, so that instead of mapping trillions of web pages it maps out the shapes and chemical ...

No one knows exactly how Google calculates search engine result rankings, so it's useless to try to understand the algorithm, according to Fernando Chavez. Still, during the past few years he's ...

PageRank is a foundational algorithm that has significantly influenced the way search engines rank webpages by assessing both the quantity and quality of inbound links. The technique, originally ...

A group of Microsoft researchers just presented a paper about a concept called BrowseRank that could really shake up the search landscape. As the name implies, BrowseRank is Microsoft’s new take on ...

Just as Silicon Valley insiders are calling for a qualified scuttling of Google’s PageRank algorithm in sussing out Web page relevance, U.K. researchers are turning to Google’s golden formula to ...